annualinflation.csv

Description

Annual US inflation from December to December (i.e., December YOY), calculated using Consumer Price Index (CPI) for all urban consumers. For example, the Dec-Dec inflation for 2021 is as follows. You can multiply by 100 to express as a percentage.

\[\frac{CPI_{\text{Dec 2021}} - CPI_{\text{Dec 2020}}}{CPI_{\text{Dec 2020}}}%\]

Variables

Rows: 109
Columns: 2
$ year         <dbl> 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 192…
$ inflationYOY <dbl> 0.0204, 0.0100, 0.0198, 0.1262, 0.1810, 0.2044, 0.1455, 0…
# A tibble: 6 × 2
   year inflationYOY
  <dbl>        <dbl>
1  1913       0.0204
2  1914       0.01  
3  1915       0.0198
4  1916       0.126 
5  1917       0.181 
6  1918       0.204

References

US Inflation Calculator: Consumer Price Index Data from 1913 to 2022